Place doc vs docx files

[StewartTower]

I'm new to Affinity so I have only seen Affinity 2. I'm experimenting with placing Word documents in Publisher. In particular, I'm exploring tables since much of my work involves building forms using tables.

Docx files are supported while doc files are not. Was this the case with Affinity 1? It seems odd that legacy doc file placement is not an option.

My work around is to open the doc files in OpenOffice and then save as RTF. The down side is that table structures are lost and replaced with tabs and returns but I expect I'll still be able to work with these.

I'm just trying to get a better handle on my new work flows and understand the inner workings of Affinity. My career/office environment is Adobe and Microsoft but I'm trying to translate this to my home environment; free of Adobe and Microsoft while supporting open source and other options.

Thanks.

[Lee_T]

Text file support remains the same in v2 as in v1, (Microsoft Word DOCX, RTF).

.DOC as a format was replaced with DOCX in 2007, long before Affinity products existed. 

I would advise using your workaround or a web converter which may be more accurate for you.

Lee

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, StewartTower said:

My work around is to open the doc files in OpenOffice and then save as RTF. The down side is that table structures are lost and replaced with tabs and returns but I expect I'll still be able to work with these.

I switched from OpenOffice to LibreOffice long ago, so I've lost track of what capabilities OpenOffice provides. I can confirm, though, that LibreOffice can produce Docx files, which will provide a better experience than using RTF.

[StewartTower]

24 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

I switched from OpenOffice to LibreOffice long ago, so I've lost track of what capabilities OpenOffice provides. I can confirm, though, that LibreOffice can produce Docx files, which will provide a better experience than using RTF.

LibreOffice is new to me but I'll definitely check it out.

Thanks.

[Twolane]

All you ever wanted to know about LibreOffice (or not): https://itsfoss.com/libreoffice-vs-openoffice/

OpenOffice has been pretty much forked/replaced by LibreOffice many years ago. I used LibreOffice for years to convert my Scrivener text to .docx files until I decided to spring the 35 bucks each for two copies of Word/Excel and whatever else comes with the official lifetime packages for my two laptops.

[GaryLearnTech]

@StewartTower - since you're a Mac user, there's another possibility that you could look at for converting .doc to .docx - Apple's very own Pages, which you'll already have.

I've just done a quick test to create a .doc file in Word that was opened quite happily by Pages.  Pages is unable to Export back out to .doc - but it has long been able to produce .docx files.  File > Export To > Word…

[StewartTower]

16 hours ago, GaryLearnTech said:

@StewartTower - since you're a Mac user, there's another possibility that you could look at for converting .doc to .docx - Apple's very own Pages, which you'll already have.

I've just done a quick test to create a .doc file in Word that was opened quite happily by Pages.  Pages is unable to Export back out to .doc - but it has long been able to produce .docx files.  File > Export To > Word…

You're right; worked like a charm. Pages opened my doc file, exported to docx, and kept all the tables intact.

Lovin' this forum.

Thanks.